diff --git a/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml b/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml
index 9fdbd60..2a83434 100644
--- a/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml
+++ b/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1</version>
+      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>